Stuart Firestein Webpage Back to the program of the DEC 2-3 Workshop Une conférence sur un thème proche / Another talk on Ignorance, at TED: Abstract Elite Ignorance Science produces questions more than it generates answers. Among scientists that is a matter of such common knowledge that it is rarely stated explicitly.  But, like the jargon filled language that passes as easy conversation for the … Continuer de lire Dec 2 Stuart Firestein (Columbia University), Elite Ignorance

Dr Linsey McGoey is Lecturer in Sociology at the university of Essex. Linsey McGoey est Maître de conférences au département de sociologie de l’université d’Essex. Page. Pyrrhic ontologies: on social theories that eat themselves First, the paper surveys recent what I term “varieties of strategies ignorance” – the multiple and varied ways that different disciplines, from philosophy to economics, have treated the productive uses of ignorance in organizational … Continuer de lire Dec 3 Linsey McGoey Pyrrhic Ontologies: On Social Theories that Eat Themselves

Dec 2: Studying ignorance before, after and beyond agnotology. A literature review Nathalie Jas ( RiTME , INRA) & Didier Torny ( RiTME , INRA) We identified three traditions in philosophy and social sciences that directly deal with ignorance. The first, largely Germanic and sociological, focused on the concept of Nichtwissen, considers that ignorance is a byproduct of knowledge, whether individual (cognitive approach) or collective … Continuer de lire Dec 2 Nathalie Jas & Didier Torny Studying ignorance before, after and beyond agnotology. A literature review